The school has also produced a host of NFL personnel men, which could result in a head-coaching job for 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, who graduated from John Carroll in 1994. Roman was teammates at JCU with a pair of leading NFL general-manager candidates: Falcons director of player personnel David Caldwell (’96) and Colts vice president of football operations Tom Telesco (’95). …

As an undrafted rookie tight end in his first NFL minicamp, Garrett Celek had a slight problem this past spring: He couldn’t catch a football. Recalls 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman: “The first week he was here, he wasn’t catching that well.” …